The judges, gathered in emergency procedure for immediate appearance Monday November 4, 2024 at the Châteauroux court, faced a defendant “Yes, but…”. Saturday, November 2, during the night, he was found at the home of his ex-partner. “Yes, but she’s the one who sets the rules if I want to see the children!” »replies the latter.
The 35-year-old man must respect a contact ban with his ex-partner, mother of his child. “Yes, but she’s the one who comes back every time”he assures us that the couple was previously in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) then in Quimper in Finistère. Following his last conviction in June, he was therefore prohibited from contacting this “ex-companions”. He came to settle near his family, in Bourges then Issoudun. “She’s the one who came back. For the children, it's my mother who has a spare key to her apartment. I come to look after them on the weekend, normally we don’t meet”continues the defendant.
“You’re the one who trapped yourself alone!” »
Except that on the night of 1is on November 2, it was she who called the gendarmerie in the middle of the night to report that her companion was in his home. “She wasn't supposed to be there.” I don't know how it got there! “, swears the defendant. “Who were you at, her house?” “, insists the president. “Yes but…” And the defendant continued his argument, explaining that yes, he was having a barbecue in front of her apartment, but that she was not there at any time.
It is the deputy prosecutor who must remind him that he already has four convictions for violence against his partner. “Yes, but she was also convicted in January! “, retorts the defendant. “Every time, she traps me. » The court cuts it short. “You’re the one who trapped yourself!” » The deputy prosecutor recalls that one of the children declares having heard them arguing. “She learned to lie to everyone!” “, assures the defendant. And when he is asked the question of why he has not acknowledged paternity, since he insists on the importance of keeping his children, it is yet another “yes, but every time I went to do it, she (the victim, Editor’s note)makes a fuss! »
A version that the deputy prosecutor does not believe. She recalls the whispered voice and the threat to bring the firefighters so that finally, the door will be open that evening. Especially since the man has a long criminal record, 29 convictions: five for domestic violence, violent thefts… On the question of his lawyer, Me Dubois Dinant, the defendant asserts that his fourteen years of detention in total ” calm “. “It made me think. » Not enough for the deputy prosecutor who raises the observation of the integration and probation service and “his weak ability to question himself”. The court sentenced the defendant to one year in prison, with continued detention.
